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Plaintiff vs Retraxit - What's the difference?

plaintiff | retraxit |

As nouns the difference between plaintiff and retraxit

is that plaintiff is (legal) a party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers while retraxit is (legal|obsolete) the withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action.

plaintiff

English

(wikipedia plaintiff)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers.

    • Synonyms

    * complainant, litigant

    Antonyms

    * defendant, suspect

    Hypernyms

    * litigant, litigator

    Hyponyms

    * suer, petitioner

    Related terms

    * plaintive

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    retraxit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal, obsolete) The withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action.
    • (Blackstone)
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